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The real cause of Mary‘s death On 5 November 1920, 134 years after Marys death, supposedly from?typhus, her grave was opened due to the graveyard being taken over for an industrial development. Apart from her the corpse the remains was found the bottom board of an infants coffin. This naturally resulted in speculation, based on Burnss well known extra-marital intimacy, on the real cause of Marys death. Typhoid is not fatal in a young person, but for a pregnant woman it would have been a serious complication. Burns certainly felt guilt and remorse over Marys death, pointing to some factor other than typhoid. Great success On 27 November 1786, Burns borrowed a pony and set out for Edinburgh. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect was published on 17 April 1787. Within a week of this event, Burns had sold his copyright for 100 guineas. In Edinburgh, he was received as an equal by the citys brilliant men of letters—including Dugald Stewart, Robertson, Blair and others—and was a guest at aristocratic gatherings, Married When Burns returned permanently on 23 February 1788 he found Jean was destitute and had been expelled from the family home.? In the light of Burnss new-found celebrity as a poet, James Armour relented and allowed his daughter to be married to him. Although their marriage was registered on 5 August 1788 in Mauchline, the parish records describe them as having been irregularly married some years ago. Armour bore him nine children, but only three survived infancy. Later job On his return to Ayrshire on 18 February 1788, he resumed his relationship with Jean Armour and took a lease on the farm of Ellisland near Dumfries on 18 March but trained as a Gauger, or in English, an exciseman; should farming continue to prove unsuccessful. He was appointed duties in Customs and Excise in 1789 and eventually gave up the farm in 1791. freely expressing sympathy with the French Revolution Death As his health began to give way, he began to age prematurely